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Definition von fig-leaf im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch
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Englisch - Englisch
Definition von fig-leaf im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Alternative spelling of fig leaf
- Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered
- A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness)
- A leaf of the fig plant
- figleaf
- Alternative spelling of fig leaf
- figleaf
- {n} the leaf of a figtree, thin covering
- fig leaf
- a leaf from a fig tree
- fig leaf
- a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful
- fig leaf
- disapproval People sometimes refer disapprovingly to something which is intended to hide or prevent an embarrassing situation as a fig leaf. This deal is little more than a fig leaf for the continued destruction of the landscape. the large leaf of the fig tree, sometimes shown in paintings as covering people's sex organs
- fig leaf
- A fig leaf is a large leaf which comes from the fig tree. A fig leaf is sometimes used in painting and sculpture to cover the genitals of a naked body
- fig leaf
- a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful a leaf from a fig tree
- fig leaf
- leaf of a fig tree; something which conceals or hides (usually insufficiently or inadequately)